Make your vacuum cleaner portable.

Who hasn't vacuum cleaned difficult areas of the house like stairs or the high edges of a wall and felt it was a bit uncomfortable to do with hose in one hand and vacuum cleaner in another? Okay, maybe, but suppose you have. Here's your solution: "The Makepiesnotsense Vacpack" It's your vacuum cleaner in a backpack.

Step 1 Materials & Tools.

Materials:
1)big unhandy vacuum cleaner
2)big useless backpack

Tools:
3)pencil
4)scissors

Comments

[mikee69]

Bout time sombody Instructable a cordless extension lead! :)

[theRIAA]

nice instructable... this would be great for when I detail cars, I just need a backpack

[sideways]

I saw a maid once, using a backpack vacuum, so they're on the market already made that way. But an instructable to make your own is much cooler. You probably can find a used backpack at a thrift store.

[Jason_G]

Backpack vacuums are definitely on the market, but they're too expensive! I needed one for my hardware floors- to touch-up vacuum without have to move everything around. So I bought one of these canister vacuums and picked up a used backpack @ the thrift store. A pair of heavy duty scissors and 10 minutes later, my backpack vac was ready to go. Great idea, submitter. Thanks!

[omnibot]

Cool idea.
If you ever run out of bags for it here's my Reusable Dustbag for VacuumcleanerReusable Dustbag for Vacuumcleaner

[TheCheese9921]

GHOSTBUSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alex-sharetskiy]

seconded!

[Shadetree Engineer]

I have a small car battery with a 3000 watt inverter rigged to be carried on my back. Weighs about 30 pounds, not counting the electric chainsaw...

[twocvbloke]

Personally, I just attatct the carry handle & shoulder strap onto my Kirby and sling it over my shoulder and I'm off to the stairs!!! :D (Of course, I plug it in first... :P )

[alexsolex]

what about the air blown from the vacuum cleaner ? I'm pretty sure your vaccum will become dangerously hot ! You may cut a part of the bag where the air blow, and sew some "aero textile" (don't know the english word for this !)

[makepiesnotsense]

see air hole.
(every vacuum cleaner is individual, so you've got to find out where the air escapes from yours, then cut a hole according to your detection)

[Dash-2]

Portable power would be a really cool addition! Great job!

[!Andrew_Modder!]

:-|... i thaught this would be portable run on battery power" :-( well it is still cool..i guess .